Giora Spiegel
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Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv.According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2009, the city's population stood at 209,600. The population density is approximately...
) is a former Israel
Israel
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i footballer and coach. As a footballer, he holds the record
Israel national football team records
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for the longest Israeli
Israel national football team
The Israel national football team is the national football team of Israel, controlled by the Israel Football Association .Israel National Football is the direct successor of the Eretz Yisrael National Team during British Mandate...
career, spanning 14 years and 357 days.
Biography
Giora Spiegel is the son of Eliezer SpiegelEliezer Spiegel
Eliezer Spiegel was a footballer who played for Maccabi Petah Tikva and for Israel national football team in the 40's and 50's and later became a successful manager.- References :...
, who played for Maccabi Petah Tikva and the Israel national football team
Israel national football team
The Israel national football team is the national football team of Israel, controlled by the Israel Football Association .Israel National Football is the direct successor of the Eretz Yisrael National Team during British Mandate...
. Spiegel attended Herzliya Hebrew High School
Herzliya Hebrew High School
The Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium , originally known as HaGymnasia HaIvrit is a historic high school in Tel Aviv, Israel.-History:...
.
In 2005, he was voted the 172nd-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet
Ynet
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to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.
Playing career
As a youth, he played with Maccabi Tel Aviv and was marked early on as a future talent. By seventeen, he was leading the national U-21 side to Asian championships and by eighteen, he had been called up to the full sideIsrael national football team
The Israel national football team is the national football team of Israel, controlled by the Israel Football Association .Israel National Football is the direct successor of the Eretz Yisrael National Team during British Mandate...
. In 1973, he fought with Maccabi manager, Jerry Beit haLevi
Jerry Beit haLevi
Moshe "Jerry" Beit haLevi was an Israeli football player and manager.-Playing career:Jerry played on the field with his brother Avraham. In 1939, during a tour of Australia, Avraham decided to stay in the country and it was the last time that Jerry would see his brother who ended up dying in...
over transferring to a club in France. He later left for France, returning in 1979 to rejoin Maccabi.
Managerial career
Spiegel began his career as a manager in Hapoel Petah Tikva in the mid-1980s . After several years he moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv, which won the State CupIsrael State Cup
The State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine Cup...
. After problems with some of the players and a 10–0 defeat to Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa F.C.
Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...
, Spiegel was fired. In 1989 he moved to Bnei Yehuda, which won the Israeli Championship in 1990. In 1993, he moved to Maccabi Haifa. The team won the Israeli Championship that year without losing a single game the whole season. Under his lead, Haifa won the State Cup twice, in 1995 and in 1998. In 1999, Spiegel returned to Bnei Yehuda and after one unsuccessful season with the club he moved to Ironi Rishon LeZion for two years.
In July 2007, after an absence of five years from the Israeli football scene, Spiegel was hired by Beitar Jerusalem as its general manager. That year, the team won the Double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...
. In August 2008, he retired.
As a Player
- Israeli championships (4):
- 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1978–79
- State CupIsrael State CupThe State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine Cup...
(3):- 1966–67, 1969–70, 1976–77
- Asian Club ChampionshipAFC Champions LeagueThe AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...
(2):- 1968–69Asian Club Championship 1969The Asian Club Championship 1969 was the 2nd edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Ten domestic league champions from ten countries competed in the tournament. The tournament was held in Bangkok, Thailand and ten clubs were split in two...
, 1970–71Asian Club Championship 1971The Asian Club Championship 1971 was the fourth edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Eight clubs from eight countries competed in the tournament. The tournament was held in Bangkok, Thailand from March 21 to April 2...
- 1968–69
- Member of the Israeli Football Hall of FameIsraeli Football Hall of FameThe Israeli Football Hall of Fame is Hall of Fame for the best football players in the history of the Israeli football, initiated by sports channel in cooperation with the Israeli Football Players Association in association football in Israel, founded in financing The Israeli Sports Betting Council...
(2009)
As a Manager
- Israeli championships (3):
- 1989–90, 1993–94, 2007–08 (as general manager)
- State CupIsrael State CupThe State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine Cup...
(4):- 1988–89, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2007–08 (as general manager)
External links
- National team stats at IFA
- Stats at Bnei Yehuda